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#Post#: 20762--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: January 3, 2018, 8:34 pm
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i can answer that. but you all know what the response is.
#Post#: 20763--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Moveitfred
Date: January 3, 2018, 8:37 pm
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SBU looked pretty much like the best team in the AE for about 20
mins tonight, but then there's the other 20 mins...
#Post#: 20764--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: January 3, 2018, 9:24 pm
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They almost faded away into the sunset again big time .
Struggling to hold a 20 point lead as we shot blanks and Maine
sank 3s . Add in numerous 2nd half turnovers but we held on in
regulation by 1 point. Ugly night all around .
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Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: January 4, 2018, 5:26 am
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--- Quote from: Seawolf97 link ---
>
> They almost faded away into the sunset again big time .
Struggling to hold a 20 point lead as we shot blanks and Maine
sank 3s . Add in numerous 2nd half turnovers but we held on in
regulation by 1 point. Ugly night all around .
>
--- End Quote ---
Hold on to your shorts, fans!!. Hartford could be the fly in the
ointment. With Lamb out for Vermont and Albany not showing up to
play, this conference is up for grabs..
I said it at the beginning of the season. SB is lucky to finish
.500 this year and possibly last in the conference, or close to
it..
We have absolutely no inside presence, zero, zilch..That is
because we have no "go to guy" or big who can man handle that
paint.. I dont want to hear Petras should be that guy. He's
not.. Petras was being overpowered and out rebounded by Maine 6'
tall guards last night, again... We suck at shooting the three
ball and totally disastrous at the foul line, outside of Yeboah
nobody else can make foul shots on a consistent basis..
This team looked lost last night and there was no leadership on
the floor or bench.
I hope Boals can take control of this team. After this year, the
majority of the players are all his. No more living in the
shadows of Pikiel..
#Post#: 20766--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: January 4, 2018, 6:12 am
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In the postgame, Boals cited how they shot too many threes
against Norfolk State but kinda sorta justified the 28 threes
this time. If I counted correctly, we were up 56-36 with 12
minutes left and went 0 for 7 from three until UC’s make. We had
eight turnovers in that stretch, which I’m more alarmed by.
Most notably, Cornish really struggled - 2 points, 0 assists, 5
turnovers and 4 fouls in just 16 minutes. He wasn’t even on the
floor at the end; instead, Boals went with Iroegbu to run the
point, and he did that for a lot of the game with Cornish in
foul trouble. Almonacy got back in there finally, and Mac was a
DNP-CD for the first time. As a result, j thought the offense
lacked flow in the second half, which contributed to the
meltdown along with Maine making seemingly shot after shot late.
For those who didn’t see the game, we were up 68-66 and Calixte
buried a long three right as the whistle blew underneath.
Initially they waved off the basket, but then gave it to him AND
put Fleming on the line for a foul on Akwasi away from the ball.
It was a crazy sequence. The whole crowd was like “we’re
seriously going to cough this up?” Or at least I was. Anyway,
Fleming missed the second of two, and UC, on a broken play (same
play as the Rutgers game; Maine sniffed it out) buried the
game-winner.
The freshmen have taken a back seat. Three DNPs and only 11
minutes from Olaniyi.
If Sekunda is going to be out there for 26 minutes, he needs
more than four shots. That’s what he does best. A nice drive and
floater by him to put us ahead 68-66.
Cheerleaders and dance team had great halftime routines.
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#Post#: 20768--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Moveitfred
Date: January 4, 2018, 9:49 am
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I thought during the "Good SBU" stretches they did a nice job
of...I guess I'll use the word "establishing" an inside presence
first before taking outside shots. As COB noted, I do think we
have a platoon of players who can be effective inside (for the
AE), Yeboah being the primary force (and I wish Sturdy would
plant inside rather than roaming around the 3, which makes me
nervous every time he touches the ball). SBU did well the first
ten minutes or so running a set offense while appearing to
look/throw inside first before kicking out for some open shots.
From where I sit, leadership appears to be lacking. Boals seems
to still be experimenting with combinations on the floor, and
when a game shifts/goes south as they always will SBU players
seem like they look to each other for someone to do something.
They toss up 3's hoping a couple will stop the bleeding and they
over-rotate on defense leaving guys open for shots. I don't
know...I guess this is still a "young" team despite the
first-year players not playing much recently? It seems natural
that a ball handler should take on a leadership role. We had a
pretty long run of Dougher/Coley/Jackson/Tre/Woodhouse players
who, better or worse, handled game management. This SBU team has
a lot of talented, athletic guards but I don't see anyone taking
a leadership role, yet. (note Calixte played all 40 mins for
Maine, a steady, aggressive leader all game).
Four obvious candidates in Cornish, UC, Almonacy, Mac. Playing
time among this group has fluctuated wildly this season, and I
don't know if a platoon of these guys is going to cut it in
terms of making a serious run in March. I think someone has to
develop or step up as *the* guy to lead the team.
What a wacky ending to this game and a head-scratching loss by
UA on the first night (speaking of shooting, Hartford went 50%
from the field including 3's and 100% from the foul line). I
couldn't keep track of what happened with that potential 5-point
play by Maine. I thought the 3-pt shot went up after the
whistle, but I guess he was in the process of shooting? I have
no idea what happened with the foul call on the opposite side of
the shot. Crazy. And then was Calixte tripped at the end or did
he just fall down? That 2.5 seconds felt like it lasted two
minutes with him weaving through SBU players at breakneck speed.
Based on last night it feels now that even without Lamb UVM will
go undefeated in AE, but no doubt things will swing wildly in
some other direction in a week. Maybe everyone goes 8-8 this
year?
#Post#: 20769--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: ry1nik
Date: January 4, 2018, 9:57 am
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This game can be analyzed ad nauseum but the fact is that SB has
basically lost twice in a row (Maine might as well have been a
loss), and at home, to two teams in the bottom 20 of 350 DI
teams. I never thought this team would be playing at the cellar
level again at this point in the program.
#Post#: 20770--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: January 4, 2018, 9:59 am
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> They toss up 3's hoping a couple will stop the bleeding and
they over-rotate on defense leaving guys open for shots.
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while i agree with fred- i'll go one further- they toss up
threes even when leading. big and late. or at any time really.
#Post#: 20771--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: laxnation
Date: January 4, 2018, 10:05 am
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--- Quote from: ry1nik link ---
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> This game can be analyzed ad nauseum but the fact is that SB
has basically lost twice in a row (Maine might as well have been
a loss), and at home, to two teams in the bottom 20 of 350 DI
teams. I never thought this team would be playing at the cellar
level again at this point in the program.
>
--- End Quote ---
Stony Brook is in a very weak conference, in which they’ll have
a chance to win/lose every night. My prediction is that they
can finish anywhere from second to sixth.
By the way, last night our Conference ROY candidate played 0
seconds.
#Post#: 20774--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: laxnation
Date: January 4, 2018, 10:20 am
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--- Quote from: Hammertime link ---
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> [quote author=Seawolf97 link=topic=665.msg20764#msg20764
date=1515036242]
> They almost faded away into the sunset again big time .
Struggling to hold a 20 point lead as we shot blanks and Maine
sank 3s . Add in numerous 2nd half turnovers but we held on in
regulation by 1 point. Ugly night all around .
>
--- End Quote ---
Hold on to your shorts, fans!!. Hartford could be the fly in the
ointment. With Lamb out for Vermont and Albany not showing up to
play, this conference is up for grabs..
I said it at the beginning of the season. SB is lucky to finish
.500 this year and possibly last in the conference, or close to
it..
We have absolutely no inside presence, zero, zilch..That is
because we have no "go to guy" or big who can man handle that
paint.. I dont want to hear Petras should be that guy. He's
not.. Petras was being overpowered and out rebounded by Maine 6'
tall guards last night, again... We suck at shooting the three
ball and totally disastrous at the foul line, outside of Yeboah
nobody else can make foul shots on a consistent basis..
This team looked lost last night and there was no leadership on
the floor or bench.
I hope Boals can take control of this team. After this year, the
majority of the players are all his. No more living in the
shadows of Pikiel..
[/quote]
No more talk on Petras, who is a back-up senior. He plays 10-14
minutes a game and grabs a couple of rebounds and scores a
couple of buckets. The ones you should be talking about by name
are on the starting frontline in Sturdivant (senior clown) and
Saintel (too passive), who each average under 5 rebounds a game.
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